Brussels, 22/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Justice ministers of five countries (France, Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Ireland) have written to the European Commission to state their displeasure at the proposal for a directive on the rights of access to a lawyer in the context of criminal proceedings. The proposal is to be presented to the Council of European justice ministers on Friday 23 September.
Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom recall their...